Manami Ito enthralled a nation with her brief but showstealing performance at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics. SHIZUOKA: Haunting notes stream from Manami Ito's violin as she gracefully draws her bow back and forth, clasping it with her specially designed prosthetic arm. But it took years before she was able to receive a special prosthetic arm and master the fluid tones she now produces. And though she had once tried to hide her scars, Ito said she chose swimming precisely because it revealed her as she is. "I never wanted anybody to look at my scars, the scars were the most vulnerable part of my body," she said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 02, 2021 03:45 UTC